BMGers can vote here on a special link. BMGers can vote here on a special link. Howard Dean: "They Dump the Sick to Satisfy Investors": Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower Wendell Potter Speaks Out Against Healthcare Industry … [Read more...]
Archives for July 20, 2009
Health care reform – what’s not to like?
I've been suprised by the lack of interest in health care reform this summer, with a real possibility for an initiative to break new ground. There just doesn't seem to be a groundswell of interest. To me, the prospect of ever … [Read more...]
The difference between a fiscally conservative Democrat and a Republican.
When Republicans talk about wasteful spending, they are talking about taxpayer dollars being used for social programs such as Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, etc. They would like to see the programs end entirely. When a … [Read more...]
Someone’s Nervous: Swaptions Questions Shut Down Senate
Soap opera update: UBS declared a swaptions agreement signed by the Turnpike in default on 24 June after the Pike's insurance agency was downgraded for financial weakness. The agency, and by extension the Commonwealth, has four more days to … [Read more...]
Single Players
First keyword. Vaccine aduvants http://www.google.com/search?h... Second keyword Immunity for big pharma http://www.google.com/search?h... Third keyword BARDA http://www.google.com/search?h... Fourth keyword zones of privacy … [Read more...]
Great Show on Casinos by BMGer
Thanks to Sue for putting on a great show -- go back to her blip.tv page to see several others (I loved the health care one, too). As an aside, this is a great example of what you can get with public access TV. John Walsh is right to be … [Read more...]
The high cost of the state’s new group homes ($257g per bed)
The home has eight beds. That works out to a cost of $257,000 per bed over the 20-year period. Given that DDS has projected that it will be using the same lease-purchase arrangement to develop state-operated housing for 26 Fernald … [Read more...]
Should Gov. Patrick have a primary opponent?
I would like to be be sacrilegious for a moment. Who would be interested in seeing another Democrat -- progressive or otherwise -- run against Deval Patrick next fall? It could be for political or policy reasons. Maybe you want to see the … [Read more...]
NO to reform, YES to expansion
Senator Jack Hart succeeded in getting the reforms removed from the budget. When you local public school is increasing class sizes, closing schools, and reducing programs, the charters are securely funded and looking to expand. … [Read more...]
Theory: Why the 2-Party System is Necessary
This is my theory: A reasonably healthy two party system ensures the tension needed to get the best results for the weak, disenfranchised and often voiceless - the poor, sick, elderly, children and disabled. This tension - this drive … [Read more...]